Scent of Linden

Scent of Linden

2DCS/ES12
Director:Sissy Denkova
Cast:Ivan Barnev, Albena Koleva, Toncho Tokmakchiev, Yoana Bukovska
Premiere:17. March 2024
Length:112 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

Director: Sissy Denkova  •  Cast: Ivan Barnev, Albena Koleva, Toncho Tokmakchiev, Yoana Bukovska, Albena Mihova Produkce Reflective Project Pic

Stefan arrives in Memphis with a fresh new green card. He’s left his mother back in Bulgaria and desperately needs to send her money. He moves in with Dima and Georgi, whose apartment is a hotel for immigrants. We meet the women: Dima, a loyal housewife, Emilia, blindly in love with her husband, and Vyara, soon to meddle into everyone’s business. The men, Georgi, Pavel, and Velko, are scheming to build a moonshine distillery. They sway Stefan to stay in town, although Chicago is a distant dream he hopes to reach. Georgi takes him to get a fixer-upper car and introduces him to Yasen and Maria, the personal physicians of the Bulgarian community. Later, Stefan finds out his mother has passed suddenly. Chaos ensues, as Vyara’s rumor about Georgi has spread amongst the now distrusting group. A fight breaks out. Stefan hitches a ride to Chicago; he’ll get to see the city, but life there is different from the dream. He begins to appreciate more of the community Georgi is trying to build. He returns, as they’ve gathered for the Day of Atonement. They continue on, stronger together, than apart. The first American film about Bulgarian immigrants ever produced entirely in the US.

Length: 112 min

Year: 2023
Local premiere date: 17. March 2024

Country of origin:

  • Bulgaria

Director: Sissy Denkova  •  Cast: Ivan Barnev, Albena Koleva, Toncho Tokmakchiev, Yoana Bukovska, Albena Mihova Produkce Reflective Project Pic

Stefan arrives in Memphis with a fresh new green card. He’s left his mother back in Bulgaria and desperately needs to send her money. He moves in with Dima and Georgi, whose apartment is a hotel for immigrants. We meet the women: Dima, a loyal housewife, Emilia, blindly in love with her husband, and Vyara, soon to meddle into everyone’s business. The men, Georgi, Pavel, and Velko, are scheming to build a moonshine distillery. They sway Stefan to stay in town, although Chicago is a distant dream he hopes to reach. Georgi takes him to get a fixer-upper car and introduces him to Yasen and Maria, the personal physicians of the Bulgarian community. Later, Stefan finds out his mother has passed suddenly. Chaos ensues, as Vyara’s rumor about Georgi has spread amongst the now distrusting group. A fight breaks out. Stefan hitches a ride to Chicago; he’ll get to see the city, but life there is different from the dream. He begins to appreciate more of the community Georgi is trying to build. He returns, as they’ve gathered for the Day of Atonement. They continue on, stronger together, than apart. The first American film about Bulgarian immigrants ever produced entirely in the US.

Year: 2023
Local premiere date: 17. March 2024

Country of origin:

  • Bulgaria